mahogany dinghy restoration

[athanase]

Hi everyone.
Last year I bought in Avignon/France an 8ft mahogany lapstrake dinghy, in poor condition for 1.200 euros.
During last winter I spent aprox. 800 working hours to restore it, duriing weekends. The most difficult task was to eliminate layers and layers of old paint, silicones and varnish.
I believe this is a 1930s-1950s English or Italian construction.
Anyone has any information about its provenance?
More photos: www.flickr.com/photos/37405554@N03/3551843496/in/set-72157618491610023/

Thanking you in advance.

[Larks]

It looks great from the one photo that you've included. I can't answer your question but if you can show a few more images of her profile, stern, underwater arrangement/keel etc, you are more likely to get someone here who is able to recognise her.

[Thorne]

Lovely boat, and great job of restoration. More pics!

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[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

From the first picture:

1. Foresheets not bow thwart

2. Closed gunwale.

Could well be English.

[athanase]

Thank you all.
Thorne, I will follow your instructions for posting more photos tomorrow.

[62816inBerlin]

Beautiful little boat!

Gernot H.

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